A Brief Introduction to Merry ma's Diary

One of the poorest places in China-Xihaigu, Ningxia [url] [/url], 1972, was recognized by [url] the United Nations Food Development Agency [/url] as a place unsuitable for human survival. Here is a girl of 15 years old, bearing the pressure of poverty with tender shoulders. In the case of dropping out of school from time to time, she kept writing four diaries from the fourth grade of primary school. This girl is Merry ma. By chance, Diary of Merry ma was published in Paris, France, and then made the French bestseller list. It was translated into 2 1 language and sold well in Europe and Japan.

Diary of Merry ma tells the story of a female student's daily life in the western countryside, her desire to go to school, her fear of dropping out of school, the pain caused by her mother's refusal to let her go to school, and her determination to change her destiny through study. From this, you can read the extreme hardships of life in the frontier, and you can also read the eternal brilliance of human nature in a difficult environment-a teenage girl's longing and confusion for life, love for relatives and friends, unyielding struggle against fate, and longing for education and social progress.

This book not only changed the fate of Merry ma himself, but also changed the fate of many local girls, and even changed some deep-rooted ideas of local people. Merry ma is a Hui girl who lives in Zhang Jiashu Village, the northernmost part of Wang Yu Township, Tongxin County, Xihaigu, Ningxia. Most local girls drop out of primary school in the third grade and get married and have children at the age of 14 or 15. In the third grade, Merry ma and her two younger brothers couldn't afford to go to school at home. According to the local tradition of giving preference to boys, Merry ma had to drop out of school despite his excellent grades. Mother Bai Ju lied: "There are no books in the school. You should feed the sheep before you sell them. If you go to school again, you will have books. " Merry ma believed in her mother, mowed the grass and cooked for her brother every day, and squatted in front of the lamb in her spare time, hoping it would grow up quickly. At the sight of her classmates walking to school, her eyes suddenly burst into tears ... Mother couldn't help it any longer, and Merry ma returned to school after a 2 1 day suspension. That year, she was the first in her class.

Merry ma has kept a diary since the fourth grade of primary school. In order to impress her mother's hard heart, she stuffed four thick diaries to her mother, wrote letters to her mother and asked her brother to read them to her. When she heard "Mom, if I can't go to school, my tears will never flow", Bai Juhua finally decided to lend money to let her daughter go to school.

At this time, Merry ma's fate suddenly improved. Pierre askey, a reporter from the French newspaper Liberation in China, and his party came to this small mountain village. Bai Juhua gave them her daughter's letter and three diaries. After returning to Beijing, these diaries and letters were translated into French, and Pierre was shocked by Merry ma's immature writing? He immediately returned to Zhang Jiashu village? There, Merry ma told him, "I must study harder because my family is poor. If I study well and have knowledge, I can find a good job and let my parents live happily for a lifetime ... "

Now Merry ma no longer has to worry about dropping out of school. When a reporter asked her about her dream, Merry ma said, "My current wish ... is to be a journalist, just like Uncle Pierre askey. Like all the people who have helped me, I want to help more children who have dropped out of school and let them change their destiny through school. " Merry ma (Author): Hui nationality, now living in Zhang Jiashu Village, Wang Yu Township, Tongxin County, Ningxia, is the first female junior high school student in the village.

Han Shi (Author): A Beijing-based reporter for the French newspaper Liberation, who has served as a resident reporter in South Africa, Israel and new york.

Wang Zheng (photographer): 1962, born in Xiji, Ningxia in April. 1992, a lady named Li Mei gave Wang Zheng a history of the mind. After that, Wang Zheng prepared for three years, and then at 1995, she entered the Xihaigu area, his story town. In seven years, Wang Zheng made nearly 2,000 films, which made Wang Zheng: Personal Photography Exhibition in Several European and American Countries and won the Golden Road Award from the Ministry of Culture. Today, Wang Zheng is still attached to Xihaigu, still doing his favorite little things for that land, which has not yet been completed.

Shi Tao (Planning): Born in Beijing, Bachelor of Economics. 65438-0988, studied in Ohio University, USA, and got a master's degree in literature. After graduation, I joined new york Workers Publishing Company. 1996 returned to China to settle down, and worked as a program planner for "Tell the truth" and "The Light of a Thousand Houses" of CCTV. Engaged in book planning, publishing and sales since 1998. Up to now, * * * has planned to publish more than 100 kinds of books, including Style, Cigarettes, Vulgarity, Wandering, Fragments, Dialogue, Shanghai Daughter, My Camera Don't Lie, Tsinghua Nighttalk and so on.